Mary Sanchez

This is how far American politics have disintegrated: We're arguing over whether a presidential candidate, a man leading in the polls not because of leadership qualities but because he's a master at courting the worst of nativist America, should be barred from hosting "Saturday Night Live." Am I living in a sitcom? The decline of U.S. political discourse is being live-tweeted. And it's about to usher in huge advertising dollars for NBC.

Despite pushback from some quarters, Donald Trump will host "SNL" on November 7. NBC is merely lining up to slice off a little share of the mania the Republican Party has wrought. Don't expect a change of heart from the show's...

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